{"id":1740,"date":"2020-11-26T22:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T03:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/?page_id=1740"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:50:06","slug":"practice-directions-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice Directions, Rules and Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>General<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/general\/\">General Practice Direction Regarding All Proceedings in the Court of Appeal<\/a> (April 9 2026)<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/notice-public-portal\/\">Notice to the Profession and Public: Upcoming Launch of the Ontario Court of Appeal Public Portal<\/a> (March 2026)<\/p>\n<h2>Civil<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/practice-direction-civil\/\">Practice Direction Concerning Civil Appeals at the Court of Appeal for Ontario<\/a> (April 9 2026)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/filing-electronic-documents\/\">Guidelines for Filing Electronic Documents at the Court of Appeal for Ontario<\/a>\u00a0(March 2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/reference-guide-citation\/\">Reference Guide for Citation Practices at the Court of Appeal for Ontario<\/a>\u00a0(March 2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/cited-civil\/\">List of Frequently Cited Civil Authorities<\/a> (April 2021)<\/li>\n<li>Joint Request for Pre-Hearing Settlement Conference Form\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/rules-forms\/Pre-hearing-Form-EN.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Word<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/rules-forms\/Pre-hearing-Form-EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Criminal<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/criminal\/\">Practice Direction Concerning Criminal Appeals at the Court of Appeal for Ontario<\/a> (April 9 2026)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/practice-direction-regarding-accessing-court-documents-and-exhibits-from-lower-courts-for-purposes-of-preparing-appeal-books-in-criminal-appeals\/\">Practice Direction Regarding Accessing Court Documents and Exhibits from Lower Courts for Purposes of Preparing Appeal Books in Criminal Appeals<\/a> (November 2021)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/filing-electronic-documents\/\">Guidelines for Filing Electronic Documents at the Court of Appeal for Ontario<\/a> (March 2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/reference-guide-citation\/\">Reference Guide for Citation Practices at the Court of Appeal for Ontario<\/a>\u00a0(March 2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/cited-criminal\/\">List of Frequently Cited Criminal Authorities<\/a> (September 2022)<\/li>\n<li>Appeal Management Form\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/rules-forms\/Appeal-management-Form-EN.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Word<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/rules-forms\/Appeal-management-Form-EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Archive<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/archived-covid-19\/\">Archived COVID-19 Practice Directions and Notices<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Rules and Forms<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/laws\/regulation\/900194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Rules of Civil Procedure<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(In particular, see rule 61) &amp;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ontariocourtforms.on.ca\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/laws\/regulation\/940721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Rules of the Court of Appeal in Appeals Under the Provincial Offences Act<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/coa\/files\/rules-forms\/Counsel-Slip-and-Hearing-Info-Form.docx\">Counsel Slip and Hearing Information Form<\/a> (April 2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/criminal-appeal-rules\/\"><em>Criminal Appeal Rules<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/rules-forms\/criminal-rules-en.pdf\">PDF version<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/ontariocourtforms.on.ca\/en\/criminal-appeal-rules-forms\/\">Forms<\/a> \u2013 current (last amendment October 20, 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/notices\/Addendum-Notice-of-Appeal-Inmate-Appeals-Only-EN.pdf\">Addendum to Notice of Appeal &#8211; Inmate Appeals Only<\/a> (May 2025)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/notices\/Addendum-Notice-of-Abandonment-Inmate-Appeals-Only-EN.pdf\">Addendum to Notice of Abandonment &#8211; Inmate Appeals Only<\/a> (May 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Archived version of <em>Criminal Appeal Rules<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/rules-forms\/criminal-appeal-rules-2022-MAR-07-EN.pdf\"><em>Criminal Appeal Rules<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Historical version for the period March 7, 2022 to October 19, 2022.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/files\/rules-forms\/criminal-appeal-rules-2021-NOV-01-EN.pdf\"><em>Criminal Appeal Rules<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Historical version for the period November 1, 2021 to March 6, 2022.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/about-the-court\/archives\/criminal-appeal-rules-revoked\/\"><em>Criminal Appeal Rules<\/em>, SI\/93-169<\/a> (revoked on November 1, 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"General General Practice Direction Regarding All Proceedings in the Court of Appeal (April 9 2026) Notice to the Profession and&#46;&#46;&#46;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1946,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page-template.php","meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Practice Directions, Rules and Forms - Court of Appeal for Ontario<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Practice Directions, Rules and Forms - Court of Appeal for Ontario\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"General General Practice Direction Regarding All Proceedings in the Court of Appeal (April 9 2026) Notice to the Profession and&#046;&#046;&#046;\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Court of Appeal for Ontario\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-09T14:50:06+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/\",\"name\":\"Practice Directions, Rules and Forms - Court of Appeal for Ontario\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-27T03:00:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-09T14:50:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Proceed in the Court\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Practice Directions, Rules and Forms\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/\",\"name\":\"Court of Appeal for Ontario\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Practice Directions, Rules and Forms - Court of Appeal for Ontario","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Practice Directions, Rules and Forms - Court of Appeal for Ontario","og_description":"General General Practice Direction Regarding All Proceedings in the Court of Appeal (April 9 2026) Notice to the Profession and&#46;&#46;&#46;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/","og_site_name":"Court of Appeal for Ontario","article_modified_time":"2026-04-09T14:50:06+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/","name":"Practice Directions, Rules and Forms - Court of Appeal for Ontario","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-11-27T03:00:19+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-09T14:50:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/practice-directions-guidelines\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Proceed in the Court","item":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/how-to-proceed-court\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Practice Directions, Rules and Forms"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/","name":"Court of Appeal for Ontario","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1740"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1740"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11626,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1740\/revisions\/11626"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}